Tribal dancing

Northern Karnataka Field Excursion

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October 1st 2007
What an amazing learning experience I had on my nine day field excursion. A Visthar employee named Sagar, who works in northern Karnataka, organized the entire trip. Sham was our “chaperone” from Visthar. We concentrated on Devadasis, child bonded laborers, child laborers in mines, and the NGOs that work with these groups. We arrived in Hospet September 20 at 8:00am, after a “night’s slee ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more